“… Rob Arrigo and Elaine Gerber are challenging incumbent state Republican Committee members Todd Kusnierz and Shirley Needham in a rare contested race on Sept. 10 for committee representation of the northeastern Saratoga County municipalities in the 113th Assembly District. “It’s (state Republican Committee) dysfunctional because nobody is willing to challenge the status quo,” Arrigo said … Arrigo said Saratoga County needs a stronger voice on constitutional issues, such as the SAFE Act, the gun control legislation that was enacted in January. “Unfortunately the SAFE Act was passed not just with Democrats, but it was passed largely because (state Sen. Majority Leader) Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, allowed a vote on the SAFE Act in the New York State Senate,” he said. “That is unacceptable, and we want to go and hold those elected officials accountable. And the best place to do that is on the state committee.” …”

Good for them. More people need to do stuff like this in both parties.

“… Ronald Jackson, regional vice chairman of the state Republican Committee, said it is good to see people interested in serving on the state Committee … But Jackson, who also is the Essex County Republican chairman, said he disagrees with the contention the Republican Committee and Skelos are not conservative enough. Skelos’ majority hinges on support of independent Democrats who caucus with Republicans, Jackson said. “So there’s no way he could have stopped it (the SAFE Act), even if he wanted to,” Jackson said …”

Bullshit. Skelos and establishment Republicans have willingly become Cuomo’s butt monkeys because they are more concerned about preserving their (dwindling) little fiefdoms and being praised by far-left media outlets than in advancing an alternative, freedom-orientated agenda. All that ass-kissing has gotten them is less Republicans holding public office. Why in the world is this fool trying to defend a strategy which has been proven to be self-destructive?

“One of the nation’s largest gun manufacturers, Remington Arms, has looked at sites around Nashville for a potential corporate relocation or expansion that would likely include hundreds of manufacturing jobs … Remington is among a growing number of gun manufacturers nationwide that have been courted by states pitching themselves as more gun-friendly … Remington’s roughly 1,200-employee plant in Ilion makes rifles such as the Bushmaster semiautomatic weapon, which is now banned under New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, the first law passed by any state post-Newtown … People familiar with Remington’s exploration of sites said the company looked around the Nashville area as recently as within the past month …”

I don’t see this accomplishing much of anything except stroking Bloomberg’s ego. There isn’t any evidence that the public is more interested in the issue now than they were several months ago when the issue tanked in Congress.